Pain is nature's way of telling you to slow down. Death is nature's way of telling you to stop. Jim Fixx More Quotes by Jim Fixx More Quotes From Jim Fixx Set aside a time solely for running. Running is more fun if you don't have to rush through it. Jim Fixx ifs running fun Play not only keeps us young but also maintains our perspective about the relative seriousness of things. Running is play, for even if we try hard to do well at it, it is a relief from everyday cares. Jim Fixx perspective play running The qualities and capacities that are important in running-such factors as will power, the ability to apply effort during extreme fatigue and the acceptance of pain-have a radiating power that subtly influences one's life. Jim Fixx pain acceptance running It is not something I must do but something I want to do. Jim Fixx want inspirational Much of my good fortune was a matter of nothing more clever on my part than luck. Jim Fixx luck matter clever When you realise that you possess within your self everything you need to promote your own success, the feeling is one of empowerment. Jim Fixx empowerment self feelings [Eventually the] hoopla will die down [and people will] run the same way we brush our teeth-every day, without a fuss. Jim Fixx teeth running people Is beer good for runners? Sure...if it's the other guy drinking it. Jim Fixx guy drinking beer